Cloud Engineer

MAG is currently looking for a Cloud Engineer responsible for managing an organization's cloud-based systems and processes at Fort Liberty, NC. The engineer may also be responsible for cloud systems plans and strategy; design, development, and deployment of applications into a Cloud or Hybrid Cloud; and implementation of enterprise infrastructure and platforms required for cloud computing.

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Responsible for distributed and managed services
• Responsible for automating the installation, configuration, and maintenance of platform services
• Responsible for managing system tuning for reliability and efficiency
• Responsible for guiding and managing software releases for new features and supporting users through consolidation
• Responsible for performing the administrative operation of server hardware and software
• Responsible for Ensuring system security and executing practices and procedures
• Responsible for Troubleshooting system related problems
• Responsible for Remaining current in operating systems/software analysis and technological developments and applications
• Responsible for Recommending future direction or projects to management
• Responsible for Providing expertise and direction in the development or modification of software programs and applications to enhance an operating system

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge and Skills:

The required skills and knowledge include: 

• 5 years of IT and/or software experience.
• 3 years experience working in production Amazon Web Services environments
• DOD 8570 IAT Level II required (Level III preferred)
• Experience working with container technologies (Docker, rkt, containerd, and/or lxd)
• 3 years of Kubernetes experience as it relates to maintaining clusters and deploying applications hosted on Kubernetes clusters
• In depth understanding of DevOps methodologies and working within Agile teams
• Worked with Concourse, Spinnaker, Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity or other Continuous Integration tools
• Experience working within virtualized environments
• Experience with virtual networking appliances and related technologies (NGINX, HAProxy, F5, AWS ALB/NLB, TLS/SSL)
• Experience working with Git-centric workflows
• Experience in release management
• Competent to work at a high technical level on all phases of systems engineering activities
• Excellent communication and briefing skills; shows tact; effective listening skills and follow through
• Solid worth ethic and the ability to work in a mission critical environment
• Detail oriented and organized; possess holistic understanding of IT systems
• Provides technical guidance and leadership to engineers with less experience
• Proficient composing Linux automation scripts (shell/BASH)
• The minimum years of related experience required: 5

Education 

The minimum level of education required is: 

• BS in Computer Science or Information Technology (or equivalent experience) 

Desired Requirements 

The desired skills, knowledge, and education include: 

• Experience in multiple public cloud providers (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with a platform as a service product such as Cloud Foundry, Heroku, Elastic Beanstalk, or similar
• In-depth working knowledge writing Ansible playbooks
• Experience managing and deploying applications in an air-gapped environment
• Experience working with complex IDaM requirements and technologies (e.g. Active Directory, SAML, openLDAP, hardware tokens, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, etc.)
• Understanding of systems monitoring, alerting and analytics especially at the container level with APM and/or other tools such as Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, etc)
• Experience working with Windows automation (PowerShell)
• Experience working with Gitlab for SDLC (CI/CD) functionality
• Experience working with collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Discourse. Rocketchat
• Experience using Rancher to manage Kubernetes clusters and Kubernetes-hosted applications
• Experience implementing and maintaining a robust PKI infrastructure within a DOD context
• Ability to write rudimentary APIs and/or write automation to interact with existing APIs 

Other Qualifications   

Outside of the above, other certifications, licenses, or clearances include:

• TS/SCI
• Physical requirements for the job include the ability to work in an office and lab environment.